Sie wurde süchtig, ging morgens zur Schule und nachmittags mit ihren ebenfalls heroinabhängigen Freunden auf den Kinderstrich am Bahnhof Zoo, um das Geld für die Droge zu beschaffen. Damit kann er viele Vorurteile wiederlegen und die Gefahren, aber auch die Nutzen von Drogen klar und deutlich darstellen.

Two that our drug policies are manipulated to favor producers and vendors of substances which, while unhealthy and destructive to our citizens, produce enormous profits at the expense of the health of our citizens and our society. As nearly as I could tell, I'd wandered into some sort of dream that Wayne was having about his wife, and his house," he reasons. As we watch Nic plunge the mental and physical depths of drug addiction, he paints a picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. I hope that the book finds a wider audiance and through that enables greater public debate about the current and future roles of recreational and life enhancing substances.Among the many things Peter doesn’t know, he doesn’t know he’s an archetype, the Prince of Coins incarnate.

Secrets like the ones the twins are harboring are not meant to be kept—from each other or anyone else. David Heinemeier Hansson Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic accounts how a few tiny studies on low rates of opium addiction for hospital patients lead to a whole new paradigm for treating pain in the US. In "Dundun" the narrator decides to take a shooting victim to the hospital, though not for the usual reasons: "I wanted to be the one who saw it through and got McInnes to the doctor without a wreck. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.The vignettes are drawn from Burroughs' own experiences in these places and his addiction to drugs (heroin, morphine, and while in Tangier, majoun [a strong hashish confection] as well as a German opioid, brand name Eukodol, of which he wrote frequently). An excellent primer for people working in the drugs field, along with counsellors, teachers and suchlike.